Medical equipment and techniques

The biological function of clusterin (CLU, also known as ApoJ, SGP2, TRPM2, CLI) has been puzzling researchers since its discovery and characterization in the early 1980s.

A comprehensive introduction to ICA for students and practitioners Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is one of the most exciting new topics in fields such as neural networks, advanced statistics, and signal processing.

The "e;world"e; of soft tissue sarcomas is a highly complex one, due to the large range of tumor types, each of which is characterized by specific features in terms of its epidemiology, pathology diagnosis, clinical behavior, therapy and biomarker pattern (of both diagnostic and therapeutic value).

NMR spectroscopy has proven to be a powerful technique to study the structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules.

This monograph explores the relationships between cell signaling and the cytoplasmic cytoskeleton in fundamental cell processes, thus bridging the gap between two very active aspects of molecular cell biology.

Chagas disease is a potentially life threatening condition that was historically mainly endemic to Latin America.

Precision medicine holds great promise for the treatment of cancer and represents a unique opportunity for accelerated development and application of novel and repurposed therapeutic approaches.

The tumor environment is a dynamic network that includes cancer cells, immune cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, extracellular matrix, cytokines and receptors.

This book describes the discovery of molecules from unexploited extreme marine environments, and presents new approaches in marine genomics.

This detailed volume presents timely and authoritative content offering a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in fungal diagnostics.

Apply adaptive research to improve results in drug development The pharmaceutical industry today faces a deepening crisis: inefficiency in its core business, the development of new drugs.

Evidence based herbal drugs are on hi-acceptance day by day due to health friendly nature compared to synthetic drugs.

This volume not only discusses various common biobanking topics, it also delves into less-discussed subjects such as what is needed to start a biobank, training of new biobanking personnel, and ethnic representation in biospecimen research.

Positive deviance – identifying those who demonstrate exceptional performance and investigating how they achieve this – has untapped potential in healthcare improvement.

Fundamentals of Biomechanics introduces the exciting world of how human movement is created and how it can be improved.

Researchers in structural genomics continue to search for biochemical and cellular functions of proteins as well as the ways in which proteins assemble into functional pathways and networks using either experimental or computational approaches.

Unpacks what is meant by organisational culture and explores the evidence for linking it to healthcare quality and performance.

Biosynthetic Polymers for Medical Applications provides the latest information on biopolymers, the polymers that have been produced from living organisms and are biodegradable in nature.

This book is intended for practicing pathologists and cytopathologists, as well as for pathology trainees and cytotechnicians.

The progress in Micromorphology and Biochemistry of the last decades has led to a rather far reaching understanding of the function of the genes.

This book provides an up-to-date review of the fundamentals of sphingolipid metabolism and its role in metabolic diseases.

This book aims to comprehensively review the current cell-based strategies under investigation to achieve the regeneration of human hair follicles.

This monograph, written by well renowned breast cancer expect, Dr.

This textbook focuses on the vascular biology and physiology that underlie vascular disorders in clinical medicine.

Clinical Trial Optimization Using R explores a unified and broadly applicable framework for optimizing decision making and strategy selection in clinical development, through a series of examples and case studies.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is generally understood to be an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system.

This book highlights the recent advancement in point-of-care testing (POCT) technologies utilizing 'smart' nanomaterials for the analysis of biomarkers related to disease, which includes metabolites, enzymes, proteins, nucleic acids, cancer cells and multidrug-resistant pathogen.

Unwanted childlessness affects approximately one in six couples worldwide.

This handbook provides an all-inclusive insight into biomarkers assessing the impact of nutrition on human health.

Market access is the fourth hurdle in the drug development process and the primary driver for global income of any new drug.

Dermatopathology is a specialized branch of pathology in which there has been great progress as new techniques have become available to evaluate the pathology of the skin.

Much progress has been made in elucidating the mechanisms regulating the induction and progression of inflammatory diseases.

Development of Anti-Asthma Drugs reviews existing asthma treatments and novel approaches currently under investigation, in the context of their mode of action and clinical effectiveness, in the hope that this might lead to a greater understanding of the factors involved in the expression of the disease and, therefore, in the design of better drugs.

This volume explores experimental approaches used to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an X-linked degenerative skeletal muscle disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene.

Cell Surface Receptors: A Short Course on Theory and Methods, 3rd Edition, links theoretical insights into drug-receptor interactions described in mathematical models with the experimental strategies to characterize the biological receptor of interest.

This volume is a unique compendium of professional and practical knowledge on new paradigms and approaches in Teaching, Research, Innovation and Public Engagement that is currently missing from the Higher Education market.

This book highlights circulatory dynamics and cardiovascular control during exercise and post-exercise and recovery.

This book serves to introduce the technologies and applications of precision medicine.

In response to the US FDA's Critical Path Initiative, innovative adaptive designs are being used more and more in clinical trials due to their flexibility and efficiency, especially during early phase development.

Biomarkers hold immense promise for the early detection of disease.

Why do you taste what you taste, and what about smelling?

For two decades, Understanding Clinical Papers has been helping students and professionals understand the research that supports evidence-based practice.

The Research Handbook for Health Care Professionals is the essential guide to the entire research process for students and practitioners alike.

This book focuses on laser-triggered nanobiomaterials for tumor inhibition.

This book offers a systematic review of the cutting-edge knowledge in stress medicine.

Springer Handbook of Enzymes provides data on enzymes sufficiently well characterized.